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Inter and Shakhtar Donetsk missed the 16th champions league after a blank draw in a depressing draw at San Siro on Wednesday night (more football news).
The 4 Group B groups started the last round of matches with the possibility of progressing and it was Real Madrid who completed with Borussia Monchengladbach after a 2-0 win by the La Liga giants.
Lautaro Martínez hit the crossbar early and missed several opportunities over a frustrating night for Antonio Conte’s team, who can create a winner to pass and ended up in the back of the group.
The injured Shakhtar was riskier at the moment, but he was also unable to tell him, he had the comfort of a position in the Europa League.
Inter had a strong start and almost advanced when Martinez shook the crossbar from 8 yards after Nicolo Barella had the ball on his right in just six minutes.
Martinez then turned around and burned and Stefan de Vrij may simply not end from a close diversity when the Shakhtar could not handle a corner.
Vitao was replaced after being injured, having been lucky enough to escape with a yellow card for a cynical foul on Romelu Lukaku, and Martinez nodded directly to goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin in the past in the first part ruled by the nerazzurri.
Trubin produced a clever reflex stop to save Lukaku’s headbutt from the beginning of the moment and Martinez cut off a great deal of effort when Inter’s anxiety increased.
Milan Skriniar’s shot deviated barely from the wide pole, but Shakhtar may have achieved a first game at half-time, Mateus Tete’s shot being repelled through Samir Handanovic and Maycon firing away from the frame.
Understudy Alexis Sanchez nodded in the final stages, then got up to find a corner, but saw his hard headbutt hit Lukaku, who summed up Inter night, and Trubin bent Christian Eriksen’s thrust when both sides withdrew.
What does that mean? Inter outside Europe, Shakhtar fails
Inter has been out of their Champions League team for three consecutive seasons and finished in the back of their team for the first time.
Conte’s appearance beat Shakhtar in the Europa League semi-final in August before wasting Seville in the final and there will be no European glory for the Serie A team in 2021.
Shakhtar lacked many key men, but will reflect on a missed opportunity, having shown very little ambition for the future.
Barella a for Inter
Inter said goodbye to such a positive start and Barella poked his eye at the absence of the injured Arturo Vidal.
The midfielder is in doubt due to an ankle injury, but there is no sign that it is not fully compatible, especially in the first half.
Barella showed wonderful vision and quality to choose Martinez for an excellent early possibility and worked tirelessly with and without the ball, making 35 assists on Shakhtar’s side and also taking possession on a dozen occasions.
Martinez’s prodigality
Inter had his chances and Martinez may have scored at least two goals another night.
The Argentine striker was unlucky enough to hit the wood at the start of the match, but only one of his five shots framed.
Lukaku wasn’t to blame for being as wasteful as his attacking partner, but it was still a night for the Belgian international, who could have celebrated a win with Sánchez if he hadn’t hindered the Chilean forward’s head in injury time.
Key to Opta
– Inter have now been eliminated from the organization level in their last 3 Champions League appearances.
– Shakhtar Donetsk has been eliminated from the organization level in 11 of its 15 Champions League campaigns, adding the last three.
– Inter finished their level of organization with six points, their lowest level in a Champions League organization, while also finishing last in an organization for the first time in the competition.
– Shakhtar has lost only one of their last seven matches outside the Champions League (W3 D3), while it is the Ukrainian team’s first blank leaf in 18 away games at the festival since beat BATE Borisov 7-0 in October 2014.
– Inter has not been able to win all of their Champions League-level home games for the first time (P3 W0 D2 L1).
What’s next?
Inter opposes Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday, while Shakhtar returns to the national war with a FC Inhulets Petrove on the same day.
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